Meaning

11 senses
  1. A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration.

    There is a monument on the town green to the soldiers who died in World War I.

    Denkmal, Monument, Ehrenmal

    па́мятникpámjatnik, монуме́нтmonumént

    па́м'ятникpámʺjatnyk, монуме́нтmonumént

  2. An important site owned by the community as a whole.

    an important site that is marked and preserved as public property

  3. (UK)A registered archaeological site or other structure, deemed historic or otherwise worthy of protection.

  4. A sign of exceptional achievement.

  5. An important burial vault or tomb.

    a burial vault (usually for some famous person)

  6. Any grave marker.

  7. A legal document.

  8. A surveying reference point marked by a permanently fixed marker (a survey monument).

  9. A pile of stones left by a prospector to claim ownership of ore etc. found in a mine.

  10. A natural or artificial object used as a reference point.

  11. A surviving record.

Examples

80 sentences
  1. A monument was erected in memory of the deceased.

    ruВ память об умершем был воздвигнут памятник.

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  2. This monument is dedicated to the soldiers who gave their lives to their country.

    ruЭтот памятник посвящён солдатам, отдавшим жизнь за родину.

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  3. A fund was launched to set up a monument in memory of the dead man.

    ruДля того, чтобы возвести памятник покойному, был организован фонд.

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  4. The soldiers have erected a peace monument.

    Солдати спорудили монумент миру.

    ruСолдаты воздвигли монумент мира.

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  5. They're going to knock down that monument.

    Вони збираються знести пам'ятник.

    ruОни собираются снести памятник!

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons:
Русский
By meaning 1
structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons:

Origin

From Middle English monument, from Old French monument, from Latin monumentum (“memorial,

From Middle English monument, from Old French monument, from Latin monumentum (“memorial, monument, tomb”), from monēre (“to remind”).

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Forms

plural: monuments
Singularmonument
Pluralmonuments

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a structure erected to commemorate persons or events:memorial
  • a burial vault (usually for some famous person):repository

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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